Roll-paper holder and cutter



(No Model.)

J. W. WILSON.

ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

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UNITE-D STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS WV. \VILSON, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,246, dated May 6, 1890.

I Application filed September 17, 1889. Serial No. 324,235. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS IV. WVILSON,

- residing at Holyoke, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have i11- vented certain new and useful Improvements in Roll-Paper Holders and Cutters, of which the following is a'specification, reference be ing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to paper reels or holders for toilet or similar paper where the paper is wound on a central spindle or shaft and cut into pieces of convenient length as it is wound from the roll.

The object of the invention is to produce a paper-reel of the character referred to, in which the knife may be adj ustably and movably supported on the reel-shaft, so as to turn therewith, and also to be able to act as a counter-weight.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the toiletpaper reel. Fig. 2 is an end view of the reel, about 011 line x 00, Fig. 1.

A indicates a box, bracket, or other suitable support, in which the shaft B is supported, and which permits said shaft to rotate freely.

C denotes the core or cylinder (usually of wood) on which the roll E of paper is wound. The end of this cylinder may be ornamented in any desirable manner, and the cylinder C may be secured to the shaft B or may rotate on the same shaft. The cylinder is as long as the roll of paper wound thereon, and may project a little at the ends of the paper-roll; but some little space will be left between the ends of the core or cylinder and the supporting-pieces of the bracket A. A bail D is pivoted to the ends of the cylinder 0, so as to swing on its pivots, and extends across the front of the paper-roll at a little distance therefrom and about parallel with the axis of said roll. The part F of the bail, which is parallel with the axis of the roll, is sharpened or has inwardly-projecting teeth tocut paper The ends of the bail, which extend outward from the shaft, are perforated, as at d d. The pivot G, which passes through one of said holes and attaches the bail to the cylinder, may be passed through such pair of holes d as will hold the cutting part of the bail a proper distance from the face of the paper-roll. The bail D, being pivoted at one side of the center of cylinder 0, will serve as a weight to draw said cylinder to position, so that the end of the paper. after a sheet has been cut from the roll, will be in convenient position for seizing. The bail can be removed by taking out pivots G, (which pivots may be screw-threaded,) and paper can be easily wound on the cylinder. On grasping the paper and pulling with some force the bail will be carried over past the position shown in Fig. 2, full lines, to the cutting position, Fig. 1. The bail Will be held cramped between shaft 13 and the sheet, as shown in Fig. 1, and a sheet will be cut off by the knife F, when the weight of the bail will swing the cylinder back a little, as indicated.

A shaft with a fixed knife operating something in the manner of this device has been heretofore patented. Such a device is not claimed.

That I claim is 1. In a paper-holder of the character described, the combination of the supporting box or bracket, a shaft and paper-holding core, and a bail loosely pivoted to said core, and having a cutting-blade substantially parallel with the shaft, substantially as described.

2. In a paper-holder, as described, a supporting-bracket, a shaft and paper-holding core, and a bail pivoted to said core and pro vided with a cutting-knife, and means, substantially as described, whereby the blade may be adjusted relatively to the shaft, all combined substantially as described.

8. In a paper-holder, as described, a bracket, 

